We'll see how this goes. I added a live chat box to the forum. A partial window can currently be seen on the main forum page (click the 'forum' link at the top-left) and a full window can be seen from the 'ChatBox Full' link at the top of this page.

I have added the "Blue Haze" style, which keeps things blue, but adds more contrast. Please take a look at both (I'll be adding more as well, soon) by using the drop-down selection box at the bottom-left.

-avatar uploads work now.. as should profile picture uploads
-animated avatars should not be allowed
-signature images are completely disallowed.. though up to 5 smilies are allowed.
-enabled viewing of post attachments for non-registered users (always thought it ruined the usefulnes of a forum when you aren't registered on a site which makes heavy use of attachments)

just realized that the user profiles didn't include a field for your name. Seeing as how part of the goal here is to foster community, and most of us know each by first (eventually), this is probably a good thing to have. I've hadded the name field to everyone's profile.. please update yours

just put this up tonight.. obviously there's zero content so far, and I've yet to completely decide what sort of things will be on this main page, but it's a start.
Please post any feedback, thoughts, or suggestions in the feedback thread.

-disabled editable custom user titles.. what you have is what you get now (IM me if you want a custom one still)
-added the google ad at the top. Get used to it, since this site will be paid for mostly by advertisers. With that in mind, we have our first advertiser account created as well

-added new sub-forum called "Events". This is required in order to use the module that links threads with calendar events. Creating a new thread in the Events forum takes you to the calendar's "Add Event" page where a new event is created and then linked in the Events forum as a new thread.
-added the calendar RSVP mod, which allows people to respond with a 'yes', 'no', or 'maybe' vote on whether they will attend an event, list how many guests they're bringing, and leave a short comment (just like with Facebook events). This should be a lot better than the traditional method of updating the list with every new post in a thread (which gets rather messy). You can easily remove yourself from the list by clicking the "remove" link.

This is all viewable by going to the new Events forum. Click on an existing thread to reply like normal, or to RSVP.

all "forum" or "home" links now point to the PNWfahren 'forumdisplay' page here. They used to point to the main forum page, which simply showed one forum (this one) that you had to click on before seeing threads. This should get rid of an annoyance and make the site a little easier to navigate.